Nail-puller.



J. A. GILES.

NAIL FULLER. APPLIOATION I'ILED APR. 7, 1913'.

Patented Dec. 2, 1913.

WITNESSES:

AT OR/VEV i I is. i 4 Q JULIAN A. GILES, 0F DERBY, CONNECTICUT.

NAIL-FULLER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 2, 1913.

Application filed April 7, 1913. Serial No. 759,415.

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, JULIAN A. GILES, a citizen of the United States,residing at 'Derby, in the county of New Haven and State of Connecticut,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Nail-Pullers, ofwhich the following is a specification, referencebeing had therein tothe accompanying drawings.

My invention relates toa new and improved nail puller having for itsobject, among other things, to provide a device for drawing nails, thatwill be composed of few parts, economically constructed, readilyassembled and manufactured at the minimum cost.

To these, and other ends, my invention consists in the nail puller,having certain details of construction and combinations of parts as willbe hereinafter described and more particularly pointed out in theclaims.

Referring to the drawings, in which like numerals ofreference designatelike parts in the several figures: Figure l is a view of my improvednail puller; Fig. 2 is an enlarged fragmentary View thereof, lookingtoward the left of Fig. 1; and Fig. 3 is a fragmentary sectional view,taken upon line AB of Fig. 2.

In the practice of my invention, I provide a body member 1, having ahead portion 2 at one end, which is slotted at 6, and a laterallyprojecting fulcrum foot 3. Slidable within the body member is a plunger4 of the usual design, having the handle 5 at one end thereof.

The jaws 7 are preferably constructed of a single piece of steel andpivotally connected with the head 2, within the slot 6 by the pins 8,and lie side by side with the claw portions 9 ofiset so as to beopposite each other and movable in a plane coincident with the center ofthe body member. These jaws are provided with anvil portions 10 and stopshoulders 11, the anvil portions be ing so arranged as to lie directlyin the path of the plunger t and upon opposite sides of the center ofthe body member.

In the drawings, I have illustrated in full lines the positions of thejaws when they are closed, with the claws in engagement with the nail,and in Fig. 3, by broken lines, the jaws are illustrated in theirrelative positions when fully open.

By reciprocation of the plunger within the body member, the end of saidplunger will deliver a blow upon the anvil portions of the jaws anddrive the claws into the wood, which close upon the nail head in theusual manner. As this blow is delivered upon that point of the jaw mostdistant from its pivot mounting, and directly over the claw, there isthe minimum shock upon the jaw, and the claw is driven in by a directblow. The jaws are swung open when the claws are placed uponthe surfaceadjacent to the nail, by the weight of the body member, until the stopshoulder 11 contacts with the pins 8, which thereby limits the furthermovement of the jaws and holds them in their wide open position. Thecontact of the anvil portions 10 with the pins 8, limits the downwardmovement of the said jaws.

In detail the design and construction of my invention may be modifiedfrom that herein shown, and I would therefore have it understood that Ido not limit myself to the eXact construction herein shown anddescribed, but claim all that falls fairly within the spirit and scopeof my invention.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is

1. In a nail puller, the combination with a plunger; of a body withinwhich said plunger is slidable, terminating at one end in a head portionhaving a fulcrum foot thereon, and companion jaws pivotally mountedwithin said head portion having anvil members thereon in the path ofsaid plunger, said anvil members being at a point distant from the pivotmounting of said jaws and directly in line with the claws thereon.

2. In a nail puller, the combination with a plunger; of a body memberwithin which said plunger is slidable, terminating at one end in a headportion having a fulcrum foot thereon; of companion jaw memberspivotally mounted within said head portion,

each of said jaw members having a claw.

portion and an anvil portion upon that side of the center of the bodymember opposite to said pivot mount-ing.

3. In a nail puller, the combination with a plunger; of a body memberwithin which said plunger is slidable, terminating at one end in a headportion having a fulcrum foot thereon; of companion jaw memberspivotally mounted within said head portion, each of said jaw membershaving an ofi set claw portion, and an anvil portion, said claw andanvil portions being opposite each other and at that part of said jawmember most dist-ant from its pivot mounting.

4. In a nail puller, the combination with a plunger; of a body withinwhich said plunger is slidable, terminating at one end in a head portionhaving a fulcrum foot thereon, and companion jaws pivotally mountedwithin said head portion and having anvil members thereon in the path ofsaid plunger, said anvil members being at a point distant from the pivotmounting of said jaws and directly in line with the claws thereon;

- and means for limiting the movement of said jaws in both directionsupon their pivot mountings.

5. In a nail puller, the combination with a plunger; of a body memberwithin which a said plunger is slidable, terminating at one end in ahead port-ion having a fulcrum foot thereon; of companion jaw memberspivotally mounted within said head portion,

each of said jaw members having" claw portion and an anvil portion; andmeans, as a stop shoulder, for limiting the movement of said jaw uponits pivot mounting.

6. In a nail puller, the combination with a plunger; of a body memberwithin which said plunger is slidable, terminating at one end in a headportion having a fulcrum foot thereon; of companion jaw memberspivotally mounted within said head portion, each of said jaw membersbeing preferably constructed of flat metal with an offset claw upon oneend thereof, an anvil opposite said claw, and a stop shoulder betweensaid claw and anvil.

In testimony whereof I affiX my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JULIAN A. GILES. Witnesses:

GEORGE E. HALL, I. W. REsNIK.

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